updated 01:10 pm EST, Fri November 16, 2007

Dell XPS ONE

Despite the lack of a formal announcement, Dell today has released the XPS ONE, its first all-in-one desktop and one widely understood to be influenced by the iMac. Similar to the Gateway One, the Dell system earns its name by reducing the number of cables needed: when using Wi-Fi and a wireless keyboard/mouse combo set, the XPS requires only the power cord. Unlike the Gateway system, however, Dell's adds media keys to the keyboard with haptic (vibration) feedback, an integrated touchpad for pointing without using the mouse, and media controls embedded into the 20-inch display's bezel.

The Texas PC maker hopes to improve on the Apple and Gateway systems by including a desktop processor. The base $1,499 model uses Intel's integrated X3100 graphics but is driven by a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo along with 2GB of standard memory; it also comes with a hybrid analog/digital TV tuner, remote, and 250GB of storage as well as an 8-in-1 card reader. A special copy of Adobe Elements Studio is also bundled with every system to provide photo and video editing out of the box, Dell says.

Systems can be ordered today but ship late this month; higher-end models add a Radeon HD 2400 Pro dedicated video chipset as well as larger storage, wireless headphones, and a Blu-Ray writer on the flagship $2,399 version.

media keys...

?

OK, so for $300 more than the low end iMac, you get a slightly faster CPU (2.2 vs. 2.0), an extra GB of RAM (which would be $150 at the apple store). For that you get to deal with integrated graphics instead of the dedicated radeon 2400 on the iMac.

I suppose it does include a tv tuner of sorts, and a card reader ($20?)

What a deal.

For an extra $500 (total $1999) you can get a dell with a 2400 and a bigger Hard drive. (the iMac with a better graphics card - Radeon 2600 is $1650. . . and it has a faster CPU).

henjin & rjwill246

You are correct, he probably does neither - you may also have noticed that he is very, very successful -- and you, or most gamers, are not. I'm sure that's just a coincidence. I mean, wasting hours and hours of your day staring at a screen and achieving nothing has absolutely no bearing on your life...

rjwill246 states: "-- that we even consider gaming on a phone to be "critical." It says a lot about where are brains are- and it's not positive."

testudo

At least with the iMac a person can have extra memory and the hard drive upgraded up front. This thing is basically set in stone with a what you see is what you get ordering system. The only thing that can be added is crappy Dell services.

I'm not saying the iMac is much in the way of upgradable but it is better than this thing.

Wow, firewire 400...

Between that, the nearly useless tv tuner, the $20 integrated media reader, and the thick-as-a-brick, "laptop motherboard glued on the back of our cheapo 20" lcd monitor" styling, I fully understand their desire to quietly announce it.

No OS X

One problem it's Windows!

It rivals until you see that it runs Windows. Then it's just another PC. The Adobe suite is nice. But then you're missing email, iChat, iTunes, address book, a browser that doesn't give you malware like IE. Windows just isn't safe.

Mr Dell

It's funny how he thought Apple should be broken up and sold off and the money given back to it's shareholders... later apologizing for his comment... and now all they can do is try to copy. Such as what happened to the DJ music thingy they made, this will likely fail too.

Take your own advice Michael and go back to what you do best, boxes filled with the cheapest stuff you can buy in a given week. It will make your shareholders the happiest.

Oh well...

It looks nice!
The TV Tuner is a nice touch. But that can be easily remedied with an Elgato EyeTV Hybrid USB based device which happens to be connected to my G5 MacPro.
Otherwise, being able to run at least two separate OS on one machine more than offset all the whistles and bells of what DELL has to offer.